From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E837138350 for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 08:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C267E0C41; Fri, 1 May 2020 08:03:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout02.posteo.de (mout02.posteo.de [185.67.36.66]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E56A1E0C26 for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 08:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 140372400FC for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 10:03:11 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1588320192; bh=KXd5OFYEeVJBx3D8hwQX6sTpkNVubTubaB8cCn8hq8I=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=Qaeo4f0zO/lBfBLv0KA0cHUssZY7iyjEBs+Z1dT+JTjN5/1AC+PbS+IpyIdSojWGc E73iXn4nQlkLGuUPXLU0cWJEfwEFIq8r9VPdcTSnnDR1DwMcaOxH4asHLXo1HrLpzB hoJXMfGkl5uPjrD1aFPpbsuSbIqvFOVzRiu0VKpwxXVre7CiBYevROCFR/tz2QarYv 256NGxXFt7Cw28guohL/nIl8CWhY05c43GONDdGZ1UmPb44Mc7/cocbCTNwUD67Edj 6sAYenW5YxYhZx6ZDqos+bDyNal0rWVyY1I2/YMKIA5cwqdGRgP6rJbdCCmD6W/FRe QguvRXEVIACPw== Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 49D4W333XCz6tmN for ; Fri, 1 May 2020 10:03:11 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 10:03:11 +0200 From: tuxic@posteo.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Trouble with backup harddisks Message-ID: <20200501080311.c2pwn6pwobmnp46j@solfire> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20200430093217.efprkpt4kbvir7nr@solfire> <5EAAA0AB.3050505@youngman.org.uk> <20200430103607.2xpawnms6wtqj7si@solfire> <5EAAC1E5.5060802@youngman.org.uk> <20200430131054.4qu3wlayohodrreu@nabokov.fritz.box> <20200430170452.hsv6vcgzy43mluxq@solfire> <04005ef6-698f-e1de-139a-a87c8d92b151@youngman.org.uk> <20200501015919.iy5q267vfbwyslz4@solfire> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200501015919.iy5q267vfbwyslz4@solfire> X-Archives-Salt: 0c6df571-99d4-4e66-9673-9101457639b5 X-Archives-Hash: af33f13f12303b14a9147afd9d57c737 On 05/01 03:59, tuxic@posteo.de wrote: > On 04/30 08:32, antlists wrote: > > On 30/04/2020 18:04, tuxic@posteo.de wrote: > > > I copied the first 230GB of that disk to an empty partition of my new > > > system and run "testdisk" on it....after the analysis it came back > > > with "this partition cannot be recovered" but did not sau. whether the > > > reason is a partition table, which is broken beyond repair, or simply > > > due to the incomplete image file... > > > > Just come up with another idea that will hopefully give us some clues... > > > > https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Asking_for_help#lsdrv > > > > Ignore the fact that it's the raid wiki - this tool basically delves into > > the drive and tries to find mbr, gpt, superblock, lvm and raid signatures, > > everything ... > > > > So run that and see what it tells us ... > > > > Cheers, > > Wol > > > > Hi Wol, > > thank you for the link! I have installed mdadm (its on portage) but I > have not used it, since there is another soultion for this, which I > tried first. > > Andrea posted this wonderful line: > > mount -o ro,offset=512 /dev/sdb /mnt/xxx > > which mounts the filesystem by skipping the partitiontable completly. > > Currently I am rescueing the data. If all is safed, I will tru > mdadm... > > Thank you very much for your help! > > As soon as there are more information, I will report back. > Maybe this can also help others with similiar problems. > > Cheers! > Meino > > > Hi Wol, data copied ! :) I did a mdadm --examine /dev/sdb on one of the damaged partitions and this was print on the console host:/root>mdadm --examine /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: MBR Magic : aa55 Partition[0] : 1953458175 sectors at 1 (type ee) Cheers! Meino